Western Digital Fremont Wafer Fab

Overview

Western Digital's Fremont, California wafer fab has produced thin-film magnetoresistive recording heads for hard disk drives since 2003, spanning roughly 189,000 sqft of Class 100 cleanroom, lab, and office space with approximately 1,000 employees. The site was originally built out as a 200mm wafer fab by Read-Rite Corporation in 1992. Key facility details include: The facility is situated at Fremont, California, USA. It focuses on Sensors on 200mm wafers. Production at this facility commenced in 2003.